"Hello, you."

A roleplay blog for THE STRANGE MAN of Red Dead Redemption (+ RDR2.)

[the-damned-stranger]

"Hello John. John Marston."

An 18+ indie, semi-selective, canon-divergent portrayal of the STRANGE MAN from Red Dead Redemption and RDR2.

rules. mun.

(divider by firefly-graphics)

[pistolshot]

❝ REVENGE IS A FOOLS GAME. ❞

pistolshot is an 18+ red dead redemption centric multimuse blog featuring main story characters, strangers, and ocs (at some point.)

written by coyote.

please read rules before interaction.

[the-damned-stranger]

rdr multimuse is up at @pistolshot !! name might change but for now that is the url.

[the-damned-stranger]

maybe i should write a Kieran muse, or maybe a reverend Swanson? Or maybe a Trelawny?? MAN THERE'S SO MANY I WANT TO WRITE 😭

[the-damned-stranger]

@mistermxrgan continued from here: Arthur's brows furrowed at this sudden statement given by the complete stranger. He didn't see or hear this man approach, he was just there. "Do you?" He didnt know what it was, but something felt strange about this man, the aura given by this man felt....almost supernatural. "Do I know you?"

He looked at Arthur, his eyes seeming void of any telling sparkle. His arms were behind his back, as he stood there.

"You don't know me, but I know you. You're very well known, Mr. Morgan."

[mistermxrgan]

The way the man just stood there, continued to confuse Arthur. He took a few steps to approach so he could see the other man better, as well as curiosity getting the better of him. Why was this well dressed man with a top hat here?

"Is that so? Well, figures given my reputation. Probably seen one of those wanted posters, or those newspapers." he responded, making a logical assumption where the man obtained knowledge of him. "You ain't one of those folks trying to write something about me are you? I ain't exactly interesting."

[the-damned-stranger]

"Write about you? No. I know too much of your story to find anything that is new to write about."

He looked at Arthur, not in a way that was staring; more like... observing in a strange way.

"You're one of the few I know from, well, that little gang."

He called the gang little but he knew little was the wrong word to use. He knew how big that gang had been at some point in time; but to him? That gang was just a speck on the thing that was the world. And it didn't really matter; in the grand scheme of things.

"You're very interesting, Mr. Morgan."

[wildlcck]

me i have no heaven; me i wander.

ind. sadie adler of rdr2. canon + hc based. as seen by aj.

[the-damned-stranger]

@mistermxrgan continued from here: Arthur's brows furrowed at this sudden statement given by the complete stranger. He didn't see or hear this man approach, he was just there. "Do you?" He didnt know what it was, but something felt strange about this man, the aura given by this man felt....almost supernatural. "Do I know you?"

He looked at Arthur, his eyes seeming void of any telling sparkle. His arms were behind his back, as he stood there.

"You don't know me, but I know you. You're very well known, Mr. Morgan."

[the-damned-stranger]

@wildlcck 𖤓༻❁༺𖤓༻❁༺𖤓

❛gang? well... i don't know nothin' 'bout no gangs- i work on ma lonesome, mister! one o' me's worth ten of any fool. ❜ she never was a half decent liar, was she? mostly, she's honest as the day's long... isn't she? painfully and often brutally so. ❛ you'd best be careful, messin' with gunslingers an' the like. ain't no tellin' what those folks're capable of! they'd shoot you soon as look at ya- never mind conversin'... you got a name, for this gang o' yours? this... outlaw yer after? ❜ she gets the feeling this fella's one to see right through not just lies, but folks themselves. still, she's pushing on, jaw set, brow furrowed. gaze flitting 'round. ❛ i reckon we get one chance in this life. one shot, for most everything. once a critter's caged, ain't much chance of it runnin', is there? but... it still might just bite ya twice as hard and twice as mean. if it gets the chance. an' i'll be damned if anyone or anything's gon' hold me down. not mis'ry, hunters... not hell itself. what about you, mister? what'd you believe in? ❜

"We both know that's not true, Mrs. Adler."

He looked at her, It was hard to tell what he was feeling, his face was as neutral as before.

"The Dutch Van Der Linde gang is where he resides. His initials spell J and M. I believe his first name might be John?"

A small glint of something was in his eye as he said the name John before it quickly died out again. Something was screaming that this man was just playing along with Sadie's 'I don't know nothin' about no gangs' lie.

"I believe people can change. Only if they want to, of course. There's no use of trying to help someone who reckons they don't need any help, is there? Still, at the end of the day, we're all going to be in the ground at the end of it all. Some sooner than others."

[the-damned-stranger]

❛ everyone's after somethin'. or someone... ain't they? me, i don't trust no-one or nothin' in this life. but, it's folks with their cards held close to their chest, the ones you never know just where you're standin' with... well, i'd trust a wolf sooner than i'd trust one in sheepskin. and, speakin' of wolves- if you ain't a wolf, you're a sheep. in danger a' bein' slaughtered. ❜ is there a place? where will the sheep and the goats roam, faced with the law's long, keen fangs on one side and the sharp, cutting claws of mister van der linde and micah on the other? ❛ i don't deal in threats- i make promises, t' keep. an' i promise you, if i find out you mean me or anyone i give a damn for any sorta harm, i'll tear out yer throat maself. ❜

"Perhaps a raven is more suitable for me. I don't need to participate in your game of cat and mouse, truthfully."

He shook his head.

"I'm sure it'll always end the same. Wolves attack the sheep and the farmer rids his farm of the wolves."

His mouth curled into an amused smile when he heard her threat.

"Please, that is such an old threat, Mrs. Adler. You wouldn't be the first, nor will you be the last, to try something."

[the-damned-stranger]

need to have more threads with this guy bothering people, it seems like it could be fun haha

[the-damned-stranger]

I don't think the Strange Man is Gavin btw, just thought it'd be funny to reference it lol

I do think he uses multiple names sometimes with different people just to mess with them though.

[the-damned-stranger]

@wildlcck 𖤓༻❁༺𖤓༻❁༺𖤓

❛gang? well... i don't know nothin' 'bout no gangs- i work on ma lonesome, mister! one o' me's worth ten of any fool. ❜ she never was a half decent liar, was she? mostly, she's honest as the day's long... isn't she? painfully and often brutally so. ❛ you'd best be careful, messin' with gunslingers an' the like. ain't no tellin' what those folks're capable of! they'd shoot you soon as look at ya- never mind conversin'... you got a name, for this gang o' yours? this... outlaw yer after? ❜ she gets the feeling this fella's one to see right through not just lies, but folks themselves. still, she's pushing on, jaw set, brow furrowed. gaze flitting 'round. ❛ i reckon we get one chance in this life. one shot, for most everything. once a critter's caged, ain't much chance of it runnin', is there? but... it still might just bite ya twice as hard and twice as mean. if it gets the chance. an' i'll be damned if anyone or anything's gon' hold me down. not mis'ry, hunters... not hell itself. what about you, mister? what'd you believe in? ❜

"We both know that's not true, Mrs. Adler."

He looked at her, It was hard to tell what he was feeling, his face was as neutral as before.

"The Dutch Van Der Linde gang is where he resides. His initials spell J and M. I believe his first name might be John?"

A small glint of something was in his eye as he said the name John before it quickly died out again. Something was screaming that this man was just playing along with Sadie's 'I don't know nothin' about no gangs' lie.

"I believe people can change. Only if they want to, of course. There's no use of trying to help someone who reckons they don't need any help, is there? Still, at the end of the day, we're all going to be in the ground at the end of it all. Some sooner than others."

[the-damned-stranger]

@wildlcck

❛ j... m... well, i don't know no johns. maybe a jimmy morgan... seein' as you seem to know so much about everyone an' their damn momma, why don't you tell me who in the hell you really are? an' just what it is you're after here? i ain't never bin all that keen on know-it-alls, mister... ❜ this feller doesn't wear the costume of a lawman. nor, does he seem to convey the urgency or anxiety of some concerned citizen. though, something about him imparts all the graveness and sincerity of both judge and jury (maybe even an executioner...). he seems like someone and no-one. a ghost from the past. with the familiarity and uneasiness of a face from a dream. or, nightmare... ❛ is that a threat, mister? you threatenin' me? 'cause, i'll have you six feet under sooner than sundown if you ain't careful. ❜

His eyes narrowed.

"What am I after? Nothing. I'm not after anything at all."

He slightly shrugged, looking away again.

"You know, I've always wondered about that gang. Did you know about the wolf ripping apart it all? Harming all types of life for the simple act of survival? Even some of it's own? I guess it's apart of who you are, the lot of you."

He dodged the question of who he was, she didn't need to know, he was sure that he didn't need to tell her a name. What reason did she have? Curiosity? It's not like it'd be any help to her anyway. Still, maybe it would be fun to pull out a fake name. Something like Gavin or perhaps Cain.

He looked back at Sadie, his head tilting.

"A threat? No, no, Not for you."

[damncowbcy]

jack’s hand twitches toward the mauser on his hip , fingers curling around the grip as he levels it at the man in black . voice is low , hoarse from smoke and sleepless nights , and it scratches its way out of his throat like it’s been buried too long .

" how do ya know my name ? " he asks , the words edged with the bitterness of too many unspoken things . lip curls just slightly over the scar that cuts through the top of it . " you been followin’ me ? "

the mauser dosen't shake , though jack's shoulders are tight , the kind of tension that don’t come from the moment—it’s the weight of years pressing down on a nineteen-year-old boy .

" say somethin' smart , " jack says , cocking the hammer back with a click , " and i'll put a bullet between those little teeth of yours . "

[the-damned-stranger]

"I knew your father. We knew each other in passing." He chuckled.

"Following you? No. I wouldn't dream of it." He waved his hand dismissively, "I'm not that sort of man. I just happen to bump into folks every now and again. I don't really have time to be watching you and your life all the time."

"You can try and shoot me, if you desire." He stared at Jack, "You really are like him, aren't you?"

[the-damned-stranger]

continued from x. (@damncowbcy)

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"Just a concerned stranger." He said, shrugging slightly.

"How long have you been awake, Jack Marston?"

He raised an eyebrow, looking at Jack with a mix of curiosity and slight mockery.

[uniiicornmemes]

On anon or not, tell me what YOUR headcanons for my muse are.

[the-damned-stranger]

SADIE (@wildlcck): ❝ you got sad eyes…like you’ve seen sad things. ❞

"I have seen a lot, I would be lying if I said I hadn't."

He simply put it, it would be difficult to explain what exactly he had seen but it wasn't good. At least, not all of it.

"But that's the joy of being alive, seeing things and experiencing grief is what makes you aware of how much you care."

[the-damned-stranger]

SADIE (@wildlcck): " just thought you might've moved on by now. "

His mouth curled into a small smirk.

"Move on from what exactly, Mrs. Adler?"

He raised a curious eyebrow.

[edenmemes]

red dead redemption 2 starters

❝ in these books life seems so simple, but in reality… i can’t make head nor tail of it. ❞  ❝ listen to me. when the times comes, you gotta run and don’t look back. ❞ ❝ i ain’t afraid of dying. ❞ ❝ i’m still standing, which is an improvement on the last time you saw me. ❞ ❝ i still think about you. that was…that was quite a time. ❞ ❝ people don’t forget. nothing gets forgiven. ❞ ❝ your father would rather you did not do anything so foolish. ❞ ❝ forgiveness, well…it’s just an easy way of saying ‘i don’t care no more’. ❞ ❝ i know you like to hide behind the angry moron act, but it’s a thin enough veneer. ❞ ❝ when somebody doesn’t lie in this world and you don’t lie to them, then together you can achieve great things and destroy great powers. ❞ ❝ i remain a fool, and i’m sure i shall die a fool, but i’m trying very hard to be something like the man you deserve. ❞ ❝ i am always honest, maybe not always good, but i’m always honest. ❞ ❝ why you got that guilty look on your face? ❞ ❝ i trust i will not make a god awful fool of myself once more– but somehow i imagine i shall. ❞ ❝ please don’t go to any trouble on my account. ❞ ❝ you ain’t gonna die. not yet. ❞ ❝ feels like things have changed…the whole world has changed. ❞ ❝ i feel like we haven’t spoken for days. ❞ ❝ we’re thieves in a world that don’t want us no more. ❞ ❝ we can’t change what’s done. we can only move on. ❞ ❝ just do one thing or the other. don’t try to be two people at once. ❞ ❝ we’re more ghosts than people. ❞ ❝ how can romance ever be silly? it’s all we have. ❞ ❝ vengeance is an idiot’s game. ❞ ❝ i don’t think we can go much further on the horses. ❞ ❝ i’m surprised we escaped at all. ❞ ❝ you’re…i was gonna say you’re like a son/daughter to me. ❞ ❝ you’re…i was gonna say you’re like a son/daughter to me…but you’re more than that. ❞ ❝ this is a new low, even by your standards. ❞ ❝ i do my utmost to avoid you. ❞ ❝ i thought the whole point was that this had nothing to do with you? ❞ ❝ i’m sorry to complain. it’s just so… ❞ ❝ i need you now…more than ever. ❞ ❝ face me to the west so i can watch the setting sun and remember all the fine times we had that way. ❞ ❝ do you ever miss home? must be hard, being so far away. ❞ ❝ you know, we’re gonna need to come up with a better story for that scar. ❞ ❝ there’s a good man within you…but he is wrestling a giant. ❞ ❝ you saved my life. you’re a good man. ❞ ❝ there’s only one of me. i don’t intend for them to know i’m coming. ❞ ❝ i thought you were trying to make me feel better. ❞ ❝ be loyal to what matters. ❞ ❝ you know, i don’t think i’ve ever seen you squeal before. ❞ ❝ i’m miserable. been a tough few days. ❞ ❝ i trust your judgement. always have. ❞ ❝ i’m just gonna…have a little sit down and…feel sorry for myself. ❞ ❝ i tried. in the end. i did. ❞ ❝ one day, folk will take orders from me…and trust me, it won’t be no laughing matter. ❞ ❝ here, take a drink of this. ❞ ❝ seems like there ain’t much else in this world except bastards, victims of bastards and the bastards who want to put the bastards in the ground. ❞ ❝ we’ll get off this mountain soon enough. ❞ ❝ i haven’t slept in three days. ❞ ❝ just thought you might’ve moved on by now. ❞ ❝ thanks for coming for me. ❞ ❝ you got sad eyes…like you’ve seen sad things. ❞ ❝ you always said revenge is a luxury we can’t afford. ❞ ❝ you don’t hire a saint to catch a sinner. ❞ ❝ you’re alive! oh, you’re alive! ❞ ❝ go. now. i’ll hold them off. ❞ ❝ are you okay? i mean you no harm. ❞ ❝ i’m nobody. ❞ ❝ what about you? you doubting me too? ❞ ❝ it’s enough to make a man drink. or worse. ❞ ❝ i knew not to trust, yet i had no choice. ❞ ❝ there ain’t no more time to talk. go. ❞ ❝ thank you, for your strength. it means a lot to me. ❞ ❝ firstly, we ain’t friends. don’t make no mistake on that subject. ❞ ❝ i’m so bored i’d rather be shot. ❞ ❝ it’ll mean a lot to me…please. ❞ ❝ you’re gonna sleep with your chest open if you ain’t careful. ❞ ❝ the bond we share, it’s the most real thing to me. i would kill for it, i would happily die for it… ❞ ❝ life is full of pain. but there is also love, and beauty. ❞ ❝ my pa used to say you stare into the fire long enough you can see the whole world pass by. ❞ ❝ whenever we happen to meet, you’re always helping people and smiling. ❞ ❝ do as you’re goddamn told. and shoot well. ❞ ❝ i guess he never outgrew his anger. kind of like you. ❞ ❝ some trees flourish, others die. some cattle grow strong, others are taken by wolves. some men are born rich enough and dumb enough to enjoy their lives. ain’t nothing fair. you know that. ❞ ❝ you’re driven by powerful forces i scarcely understand. ❞ ❝ oh you fool. you sad, deluded fool. torn in two by different ideas of who you were, and it turns out you weren’t neither of them. ❞ ❝ well, i think you’re as slippery as an eel in an oil slick, but still a man/woman. ❞ ❝ with you watching over me, i’d walk into hell itself. ❞ ❝ lack of something to feel important about is almost the greatest tragedy a man may have. ❞ ❝ when i was your age, i fought. i saw death. i have killed. ❞ ❝ i wish things were different. but it weren’t us who changed. ❞ ❝ nobody’s taking anything from me ever again. ❞ ❝ some jobs aren’t for saving and some legacies are for pissing on. ❞ ❝ you’re my favorite parasite… no, wait, ringworm’s my favorite parasite, you’re my second-favorite parasite… i lied. ringworm, then, rats with the plague, then you. ❞ ❝ just leave it to me. i can talk a dog off a meat wagon. ❞ ❝ forgive me if i slip and stab you in the face. ❞ ❝ this place, ain’t no such thing as civilized. it’s man so in love with greed, that he has forgotten himself and found only appetites. ❞ ❝ shut up…you know, you’re not very nice to me. ❞ ❝ the amount of hell we’ve raised, we’re owed some back. ❞ ❝ i haven’t done anything wrong aside of not playing the games to your rules. ❞ ❝ don’t let yourself get killed…for pride. i’ve seen it kill too many folk. ❞ ❝ when you fall, there’ll be a party. ❞ ❝ every day i didn’t kill you, is a day i saved your life. ❞ ❝ i can’t kill them all silently so, when they chase me, you go the other way. ❞ ❝ does this seem like a good time for sarcasm to you? ❞ ❝ usually i’m worse than the wolves. ❞ ❝ i don’t have to be careful. i have you as a friend. ❞ ❝ i wish i had acquired wisdom at less of a price. ❞ ❝ they’re chasing us hard, because we represent everything they fear. ❞ ❝ you know all that mattered to me was loyalty? it was all i ever believed in. ❞ ❝ never thought i’d say this but…it’s good to see you. ❞ ❝ we’ve all lived bad lives. we all sin…but i know you. ❞ ❝ i kill people. and maybe i should’ve killed you. ❞ ❝ ain’t you a sorry sight? ❞ ❝ your job’s starting the fights, it ain’t winning them. ❞ ❝ some big, loud mouthed bastard tried to rob me when i was out riding so i… well, you know how it is. ❞ ❝ there ain’t no shame in looking for a better world. ❞ ❝ i can hunt, carry a knife, and use a gun. ❞   ❝ …is it too late for us? ❞ ❝ if the purpose of life was to be liked…it would be very boring indeed. ❞ ❝ i’ve been running for as long as i can remember. ❞     ❝ they turned me into a monster. ❞   ❝ i always wondered if i was unlucky…but maybe i’m just not very good. ❞ ❝ don’t kill yourself over pride. i’ve seen it kill too many folks. ❞ ❝ sorry if i seem a little desperate. i am a little desperate. ❞ ❝ if anyone gets close to me, they’re wanted too. and i can’t have you wrapped up in that. ❞ ❝ there’s all kinds of nasty people who want to speak to you. ❞ ❝ they won’t hear anything about you from me. ❞ ❝ tell me about you, darling and armed to the teeth like that. ❞ ❝ i also…found out some unsettling news about you. ❞ ❝ i don’t know how to say it…thank you. ❞ ❝ you…don’t like me much, do you? ❞ ❝ i can’t lie to you. i’m a wanted man. ❞ ❝ that’s quite a scratch you got there. ❞ ❝ take a gamble that love exists, and do a loving act. ❞ ❝ i’m seeing things a lot more clearly now. ❞ ❝ where are you? can you hear me? ❞ ❝ i think someone saw some wolves, not far away. you should watch out. ❞ ❝ guess all i got now is doubt. doubts and scars. ❞ ❝ it wasn’t me who went and shot him. ❞ ❝ will you dance with me? ❞ ❝ i like you. you’ve got a kind face. ❞ ❝ i’m not a good man. not usually. ❞ ❝ there’s a lot i should’ve done and even more i shouldn’t have done. ❞ ❝ you are a compulsive liar. ❞ ❝ next time, i’ll slit your throat myself. ❞ ❝ as long as we get paid or you get shot, i’m happy. ❞ ❝ i’m not designed for this snow. ❞ ❝ you don’t get to live a bad life and have good things happen to you. ❞ ❝ shut up you silly man and kiss me. ❞ ❝ who made you the messiah of these poor souls you’ve led so horribly astray? ❞ ❝ maybe it’s a sign. try to do the good thing. ❞ ❝ how many times do i gotta bury you? ❞ ❝ you are the only feller who could get half of their brain eaten by wolves and end up more intelligent. ❞ ❝ five thousand dollars? for me? can i turn myself in? ❞ ❝ if you find yourself in a hole, the first thing to do is to stop digging. ❞     ❝ we ain’t both gonna make it. ❞ ❝ i gave you all i had. i did. ❞ ❝ if we have to fight, we fight. If we have to run, we’ll run. if we must die, we’ll die. but…we’ll stay free. ❞ ❝ people call me lazy. i’m not lazy, just don’t like working. there’s a difference. ❞ ❝ i guess…i’m afraid. ❞ ❝ oh, i didn’t know i was talking to a lady. ❞ ❝ i don’t feel too good. ❞ ❝ you have finally lost your mind. ❞